Wednesday, August 02, 2006
zoom using the mouse scroll wheel in google maps
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Inflight Power Recharger Cables
Inflight USB Power Unit
Includes one Inflight USB Power Unit, without a bundled device connector/cable. Plug compatible with any standard USB charging cable. The Inflight USB Power unit plugs into the passenger seat audio jack and outputs regulated power to the attached USB charging cable/connector.
Price:$34.99
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers
If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers...
Dear Mr. Architect:
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have somewhere between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one.
Keep in mind that the house I ultimately choose must cost less than the one I am currently living in. Make sure, however, that you correct all the deficiencies that exist in my current house (the floor of my kitchen vibrates when I walk across it, and the walls don't have nearly enough insulation in them).
As you design, also keep in mind that I want to keep yearly maintenance costs as low as possible. This should mean the incorporation of extra-cost features like aluminum, vinyl, or composite siding. (If you choose not to specify aluminum, be prepared to explain your decision in detail.)
Please take care that modern design practices and the latest materials are used in construction of the house, as I want it to be a showplace for the most up-to-date ideas and methods. Be alerted, however, that kitchen should be designed to accommodate, among other things, my 1952 Gibson refrigerator.
To insure that you are building the correct house for our entire family, make certain that you contact each of our children, and also our in-laws. My mother-in-law will have very strong feelings about how the house should be designed, since she visits us at least once a year. Make sure that you weigh all of these options carefully and come to the right decision. I, however, retain the right to overrule any choices that you make.
Please don't bother me with small details right now. Your job is to develop the overall plans for the house: get the big picture. At this time, for example, it is not appropriate to be choosing the color of the carpet.
However, keep in mind that my wife likes blue.
Also, do not worry at this time about acquiring the resources to build the house itself. Your first priority is to develop detailed plans and specifications. Once I approve these plans, however, I would expect the house to be under roof within 48 hours.
While you are designing this house specifically for me, keep in mind that sooner or later I will have to sell it to someone else. It therefore should have appeal to a wide variety of potential buyers. Please make sure before you finalize the plans that there is a consensus of the population in my area that they like the features this house has. I advise you to run up and look at my neighbor's house he constructed last year. We like it a great deal. It has many features that we would also like in our new home, particularly the 75-foot swimming pool. With careful engineering, I believe that you can design this into our new house without impacting the final cost.
Please prepare a complete set of blueprints. It is not necessary at this time to do the real design, since they will be used only for construction bids. Be advised, however, that you will be held accountable for any increase of construction costs as a result of later design changes.
You must be thrilled to be working on as an interesting project as this! To be able to use the latest techniques and materials and to be given such freedom in your designs is something that can't happen very often. Contact me as soon as possible with your complete ideas and plans.
PS: My wife has just told me that she disagrees with many of the instructions I've given you in this letter. As architect, it is your responsibility to resolve these differences. I have tried in the past and have been unable to accomplish this. If you can't handle this responsibility, I will have to find another architect.
PPS: Perhaps what I need is not a house at all, but a travel trailer. Please advise me as soon as possible if this is the case..
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Canned oxygen for worker in japan
Filed in: newsTOKYO (Reuters) - Exhausted Japanese workers in need of a pick-me-up will soon be able to get a hit of canned oxygen at their local convenience store.
Seven-Eleven Japan will start marketing the new product, "O2 Supli," at select stores in the Tokyo area later this month and expand sales nationwide in June.
"People are under a lot of stress and can't get much exercise, so they aren't getting enough oxygen," said Minoru Matsumoto, a spokesman for Seven & I Holdings Co Ltd, Seven-Eleven's parent company.
"This is especially true of people who do long hours of desk work in front of a computer. They don't breathe that deeply."
The oxygen will be sold for 600 yen ($5.50) in 3.2-liter spray cans of 95 percent pure oxygen, each of which comes with a small plastic mask attached to the top.
Users place the mask over their mouth and nose, then push a nozzle, which dispenses the oxygen for two to three seconds.
Each can contains enough oxygen for about 35 doses, in either a grapefruit or peppermint fragrance.
"The peppermint should be really good for mornings when you're tired, or when you're driving, or when you really have to concentrate," Matsumoto said.
"The grapefruit should be good before you do sports or while you're working really late."
People involved in product testing gave favorable reports, Matsumoto said, noting that he had tried it himself.
"Everyone found it extremely refreshing," he added.
Monday, May 15, 2006
Ananova - Extreme accounting
Filed in: newsExtreme accounting is the latest - and unlikeliest - adrenaline sport
Accountants visit challenging locations like mountain tops, seabeds, caves and rollercoasters.
And, inspired by the extreme ironing craze, they take their work with them, reports the Sun.
South African Keet Van Zyl is the sport's reigning champion.
A spokesman for the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting said: "It's a phenomenon that pushes accountants to their limits - and beyond."
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Friday, May 05, 2006
Reflective Condom Wallet
I know just the person this would be perfect for... :-D
You and your lover are passionately making out... it's time to find the condoms... they're loose in the purse and can't find them in the low light &%$## those precious seconds are forever gone!
We think that we have a solution for this problem. It is simply a condom wallet to neatly store away your condoms. You can choose Neon colors if you need your condom wallet to be conspicuous or in a discrete condom wallet color of your choice.
The reflective condom wallet is made of quality grosgrain ribbon which has the same reflective stripe that we use in all of our safety products. This reflective stripe can be seen in low light conditions.
We decided to make the condom wallet available in two sizes: Small condom wallet for that special sexy moment or large condom wallet for the more adventurous steamy relations.
IFILM - Movies: Turkish Star Wars -
One of the few sci-fi films to come out of Turkey, and it's a doozy. With a budget of about 50 cents (even though the the main actor can afford a Rolex), this laughably bad flick set in the 15th century sports public-transport buses in the background, stolen scenes and soundtrack songs from Star Wars, Indiana Jones and others. Lead actor Cuneyt Arkin was a heartthrob in those days, though, so some members of the audience will have something to look at while they crack up.